I spent some time in the Ukraine with the glorious Marine Corps. Pretty much my only ‘deployment’ to another country, if you could call it that. (We drank a lot of Ukrainian beer, flew in some sketchy helicopters, and practiced assaulting an island in the Black Sea.)
I hope they stack a wall of Russian bodies around Kyiv.
God bless them in their quest to maintain their freedom.
I picked up a 1970 Uberti 1858 Remington clone this weekend. Kind of a spur of the moment purchase, even though I’d been eyeballing them for some time. But it was a great deal and I didn’t pass up on it.
Apparently this is the beginning of my foray into black powder shooting. Woohoo!
Also, for my Anniversary and Valentines Day, my wife gave me a Viking Helmet. That was last week, and I haven’t taken it off yet. Just kidding. But it is awesome.
Anyways, until next time – “Ver heill ok saell!” (In Old Norse, “Be healthy and happy!”)
Woohoo! (This is all part of my nefarious scheme to get you to buy more then one copy of my books.)
Many thanks to fellow author, Matt James, for the art. If you get a chance, I highly recommend trying his Jack Reilly series that has gone nuclear in popularity lately.
Free on Kindle Unlimited.
And a update of sorts on Taming Prehistoric. Manuscript was submitted and accepted. Contract was signed. And now it’s off to the editors. Should be out Late April/Early May I suspect. I have the Cover Art for it, another Matt James specialty, but since it’s not a done deal yet with the publisher, I’m holding that one close to the chest for now.
West of Prehistoric Book Four and WWII Sea Monster Book are in the beginning stages and coming along. They are both at about 5,000 words right now.
I’m mainly focusing on WWII Pacific Island Monster Book which shall hence forth be tentatively called ‘Codename Fortitude‘.
It’s pretty cool, I get to read a lot about WWII weapons, and I’ll probably watch Sands of Iwo Jima soon. Ya know… for ‘research’. 🙂 And probably The Pacific as well, cause it rocked.
Until next time, Hasta La Vista.
Erik Testerman
Looks to be free on Audible Unlimited.
This is pretty cool.
On my bucket list is to narrate one of my own books one day, I’ve just got to learn how to read first. 😉
I just discovered ‘popular highlights’ on my kindle books. This option shows you what passages other readers have highlighted in their copy.
Pretty cool.
I like that line also, by the way.
And on a side note, have you ever LOOKED at the prices of Colt Peacemakers? Good heavens!
They ain’t cheap for something that’s almost a 150 year old design! They even cost more than most 1911’s that require far more machining and intricacies to build and operate.
What’s really fascinating, is that when they came out they could be bought for a single gold piece THEN and NOW. In 1873 they sold for $17.50, which was about a month’s labor, and a gold eagle (1 ounce gold piece) was worth about $20. Today, they sell for around $1799 according to Colt’s website and a 1 ounce gold piece is worth $1805 today.
Anyways, I want the 5.5 inch barrel version.
https://www.colt.com/detail-page/sa-army-55-45lc
Colt, if you’re reading this… Hook me up.
Gunpowder and Ink! 